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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
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Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 1/15/1656 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state. |
| 1/15/1784 |
Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 1/15/1887 |
Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/15/1888 |
Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar. |
| 1/15/1898 |
Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra. |
| 1/15/1899 |
Musaffir, Giani Gurmukh Singh, writer and politician, was born at Udhwal (Pakistan). |
| 1/15/1918 |
K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 1/15/1919 |
Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai. |
| 1/15/1921 |
Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/15/1929 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America. |
| 1/15/1934 |
Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 1/15/1947 |
Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India. |
| 1/15/1948 |
Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
| 1/15/1949 |
General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 1/15/1956 |
Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 1/15/1958 |
Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 1/15/1965 |
Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras. |
| 1/15/1966 |
The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 1/15/1971 |
Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 1/15/1973 |
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 1/15/1977 |
Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away. |
| 1/15/1988 |
Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record. |
| 1/15/1988 |
Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 1/15/1993 |
PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
| 1/15/1996 |
Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 1/15/1996 |
Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre. |
| 1/15/1997 |
Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time. |
| 1/15/1998 |
Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur. |
| 1/15/1998 |
Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 1/15/1999 |
Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, died in Chennai. |
| 1/15/2000 |
Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1665 | Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan. |
| 6/3/1995 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 10/3/1985 | Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic. |
| 8/21/1997 | Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
| 6/4/1955 | Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated. |
| 3/29/1992 | Shri Anand Rishiji Maharaj 1008 , Acharya Samrat of 'Jain Shraman Sangh', passed away. |
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